West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says his team were outperformed by a strong Manchester City in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg
Posted on 09 January 2014.
West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says his team were outperformed by a strong Manchester City in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg
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Posted on 09 January 2014.
Thomas Hitzlsperger hopes becoming the first Premier League player to announce he is gay can act as positive force to change attitudes towards homosexuality.
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Posted on 09 January 2014.
Furious West Ham United fans demanded Sam Allardyce’s head as their side were crushed 6-0 at Manchester City. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Thursday, January 9.
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West Ham fan Adam Greenaway questions Sam Allardyce’s selection of young and old in 5-0 FA Cup defeat at Nottingham Forest.
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Posted on 09 January 2014.
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Posted on 09 January 2014.
Sam Allardyce admits he cannot keep losing games as West Ham United manager otherwise he will lose his job at Upton Park.
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Posted on 09 January 2014.
• Manchester City result prompts fury from away supporters • Manager accepts job is in danger if current form continues West Ham United fans vented their fury at Sam Allardyce during their team’s 6-0 hammering at Manchester City – by singing obscene chants inviting him to leave his job. While Allardyce accepted that the invective was understandable given the terrible Capital One Cup semi-final first-leg result, the 59-year-old risked angering supporters further by suggesting the…
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Posted on 09 January 2014.
NEIL ASHTON: West Ham United fans turned on their manager during Wednesday night’s shameful 6-0 defeat at Manchester City by repeatedly singing ‘f*** off Sam Allardyce’.
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
NEIL ASHTON: The surrender at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round last Sunday was the kind of performance that gets managers the sack. This, whatever it was meant to be, was not far behind.
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
With every West Ham fan in the land weeping in humiliation, joint chairmen and owners David Gold and David Sullivan are rumoured to be planning to offer free seats at Upton Park to everybody wearing a Claret and Blue scarf until the end of the season. Speaking after the 6-0 reverse at Manchester City, a source close to Mr Gold explained: “We really can’t ask the fans to pay to watch this crap any longer.” “It’s bad enough that they have been spending hard earned …
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
CHRIS WHEELER AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: Is there really any point in playing a second leg? Such was the emphatic manner of Manchester City’s victory in their Carling Cup semi-final first leg here, they didn’t even need a second half.
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Alvaro Negredo claimed a hat-trick as Manchester City demolished struggling West Ham United 6-0 in the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final.
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
The Manuel Pellegrini bandwagon rolls on thanks to inspirational Álvaro Negredo as the Irons are left to melt in the fire 1 City juggernaut drives on “I think that the last month of 2013 was fantastic for us. We played nine games during December. We won eight and drew just one and we started the new year with another good win at Swansea and a draw in the FA Cup at Blackburn Rovers. Now, in …
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
The only surprise, perhaps, was that Manchester City restricted themselves to six. The tie was so one-sided, the level of opposition so utterly abject, that there were moments when it was easy to imagine another seven-goal haul to emulate what happened against Norwich, never mind the six that Arsenal and Tottenham sieved inside this stadium. The fifth goal went in before the hour had even passed. After that, the goal machine that is Manuel…
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Referee Jonathan Moss was unceremoniously dumped on the turf by West Ham United’s Joe Cole during Wednesday’s Capital One Cup clash.
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Half time and it’s only 3-0. That proves the genius of Big Sam. He sacrificed the kids to save the big guns for this one, and look at how well we are doing! The decision to pick Adrian again was especially inspired. The guy is clearly bolted to his line and is a rabbit in the headlights of the Unreal City players as they pour into our box. Just what McCarthorse and Johnson’s Polish need behind them! Carlton’s on…
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Will Big Sam’s side put their FA Cup upset behind them to put one over on Manchester City to take a huge step towards the final at Wembley? Steven Bloor
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Minute-by-minute report: Who will get their noses ahead in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final? Find out with Paul Doyle Paul Doyle
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It could be a long night for West Ham United in their semi-final at Manchester City, and manager Sam Allardyce has already prepared for the stern test his team face.
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• Delegation in Milan to hold talks with Inter • Loan deal for the Algerian has been agreed in principle West Ham United have not given up hope of persuading Internazionale’s young forward Ishak Belfodil to join on loan for the remainder of the season after agreeing a deal in principle with the Italian club. A delegation has been in Milan to hold talks with Inter’s hierarchy, but they must now discuss the move with the 21-year…
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
West Ham are believed to have applied for a work permit for Ivory Coast striker Lacina Traore and should find out if one will be granted next Monday.
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
The former Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton player, who has announced he is gay, had a thunderous shot and scored the decisive goal when Stuttgart won the title in 2007 Thomas Hitzlsperger has never shirked a challenge. In 2000, as an 18-year-old, he decided to leave his parents and six siblings in Germany to move to England. He had just been released by Bayern Munich, where he had been for eight years, but did not want to join another Bundesliga club. He wanted a challenge – …
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
West Ham United head for the Etihad Stadium tonight with bookies writing off their chances of victory in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final.
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
Inter Milan striker Ishak Belfodil has agreed personal terms with West Ham ahead of a loan move to Upton Park, according to reports in Italy.
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
How can Newcastle supporters be expected to return home after an evening kick-off in Norwich? Should Southampton fans really have to travel the length of the country for a lunchtime start in Sunderland?
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Posted on 08 January 2014.
Manuel Pellegrini says Manchester City are taking this season one game at a time in the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Capital One cup
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